Kajabi alternatives are sought by creators who pay a high fixed monthly bill for an all-in-one platform and are no longer sure they use enough of it. The plans start at $179 a month and step up by contacts and products, so a growing list raises the price whether or not sales grow. They move to cheaper all-in-one platforms, to tools that charge a share of sales instead of a flat fee, or to a narrower tool for courses or community only.
Pricing: Per month, published tiers by products and contacts, from $179; a 2% to 0.5% fee on sales through third-party processors
Established in: United States
Built for: An established seller consolidating funnels, email and courses in one place
Not for: A first course with no audience and no revenue yet
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Why buyers look past Kajabi
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A fixed bill before the first sale
Kajabi lists Basic at $179 a month ($143 a month on annual billing), Growth at $249 ($199) and Pro at $499 ($399). The entry plan caps you at 5 products, 2,500 contacts and 2 admin users. A creator with one course and a small list pays for an email, funnel and website suite long before it earns its keep, and several alternatives in our ranking cost a quarter of that or less.
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Contacts and products set the tier
The step from Basic to Growth is 50 products and 25,000 contacts for $70 more a month, and Pro raises the ceiling to 100,000 contacts at $499. Extra contacts beyond a plan are sold in blocks of 25,000 for $125 a month. Price therefore tracks the size of the email list, which is the metric a creator with a large but cold audience controls least.
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Useful controls sit on the top tier
Kajabi's pricing page places the custom code editor, webhooks and removal of Kajabi branding on Pro, the $499 plan. Creators who want those on a smaller budget find that several competitors give every feature on every plan and vary only limits or sales fees. Payment fees also stack: Kajabi says it takes no revenue share as a platform, yet charges 2.9% plus $0.30 on Basic through Kajabi Payments, or 2% if you use a third-party processor.
Per month, published from $49; $1.99 or $0.99 per subscriber on Growth and App Essentials, and 5% to 10% on one-time sales
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your product is a library of video or live streams that members subscribe to
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What each one does differently
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Systeme.io
France · Free tier with limits; paid monthly plans published, no cut of sales
Systeme.io covers the same ground as Kajabi (courses, funnels, email, affiliate management) but starts with a free plan of 2,000 contacts, and its paid plans run $17, $47 and $97 a month. It lists zero transaction fees on Stripe and PayPal. It is a funnel tool first, so the course player and branding options are plainer than Kajabi's.
Switch from Kajabi if you want the all-in-one scope at a fraction of the price and can accept a plainer design.
United States · 14-day trial only, no free plan; published monthly plans, Mover takes 5% of sales, Shaker and Earthquaker take no cut
Podia bundles courses, downloads, coaching, community and email under one login, with plans at $42, $84 and $150 a month, none with a free tier after the 14-day trial. The cheapest plan charges 5% of sales and allows 100 email subscribers, so the email list is the limit that bites. Funnels are lighter than Kajabi's.
Switch from Kajabi if you sell a few products with a small list and want one tidy tool rather than a funnel builder.
United States · Starter takes 7.5% of each sale; Builder and above, published, take none on Teachable Payments; 7-day trial only
Teachable is course-led rather than marketing-led: Starter at $39 a month takes 7.5% of sales, while Builder at $89 and Growth at $189 take none. Product limits are 5, 10 and 50. It has no contact-based pricing, which suits big lists, but its funnel and automation tooling is thinner than Kajabi's.
Switch from Kajabi if a large email list is inflating your Kajabi tier and the course itself is the product.
United States · Per month by plan, published; tiers by contacts and email volume; Essentials takes 5% of sales, higher plans none
Kartra is the closest like-for-like rival on marketing depth, with funnels, email, memberships and affiliate management. Plans run $59, $119, $229 and $549 a month, and Essentials takes 5% of sales while Starter and above take none. Like Kajabi it prices by contacts (500, 2,500, 12,500, 25,000), so the list-size problem does not go away.
Switch from Kajabi if you want a Kajabi-style suite with a cheaper entry tier and more automation options.
France · Free plan; paid per month by plan, published
LearnyBox is a French all-in-one with a free plan (one course, 20 learners, up to EUR 1,000 in sales) and paid plans at EUR 39, 89 and 149 a month, with no transaction fees on sales. Its price steps follow contacts, from 7,500 to 40,000. It is built around the French-speaking market, though an English version exists.
Switch from Kajabi if you sell to French speakers or want an all-in-one with no cut of sales and a free starting plan.
United Kingdom · Free with 5% of each sale; Plus at $29 a month takes 2%, Pro at $99 takes nothing
Payhip charges no subscription on its Free plan, only 5% of each sale, and offers every feature (courses, memberships, coaching, downloads, email) on all plans. Plus is $29 a month at 2% and Pro $99 at no fee. It is a storefront rather than a funnel suite, so there is little in the way of automation.
Switch from Kajabi if your sales are low or uneven and you would rather pay a share than a flat fee.
United States · Annual licence, published, from $259 a year; no hosted option listed, WordPress hosting is yours
LearnDash is a WordPress plugin sold as an annual licence ($259, $399 or $599), not a hosted platform, and it is owned by Liquid Web. Courses, learners and sites are unlimited. You supply the hosting, checkout and email tooling, so it replaces only the course layer of Kajabi and demands WordPress maintenance.
Switch from Kajabi if you already run a WordPress site and want to own the course software and hosting.
United States · Per month per plan, published, from $89 on annual billing; a transaction fee of 2% to 0.5% on every plan
Circle starts from a community, with courses, live events and member profiles included on every plan. Pricing runs $89, $199 and $419 a month plus a custom tier, with unlimited members and transaction fees of 2% down to 0.5%. It has no funnel or email-marketing suite of Kajabi's breadth.
Switch from Kajabi if your members value the community more than the course content.
United States · Per month, published, from $79; a transaction fee of 2% to 0.5% on every plan
Mighty Networks sells community and courses together, including cohort-based and live courses, from $79 a month (Launch) up to $354 (Growth), with fees of 2% to 0.5%. The branded mobile app is limited to the custom Mighty Pro plan. It is not a funnel or website tool, so landing pages come from elsewhere.
Switch from Kajabi if you run cohorts or paid memberships and want the course tied to a member network.
United States · Per community per month, published: Hobby $9 plus a 10% transaction fee, Pro $99 plus 2.9%
Skool has two plans: Hobby at $9 a month with a 10% transaction fee, and Pro at $99 with 2.9%. Both list unlimited members, courses and videos. The price is the lowest in this list, but it offers no funnel builder, website or email suite, so it replaces Kajabi's community and course parts only.
Switch from Kajabi if you are starting out and want near-zero fixed cost with a community and courses.
India · Per month, published tiers; annual billing discounted
Graphy lists 0% transaction fees on its US monthly plans: Launch at $49, Rise at $149 and Scale at $399, with 10,000, 25,000 and 100,000 contacts. It adds AI agents on Rise and above, and apps for Android and iOS on Rise. It is the least familiar name here, so check its integrations and support for your market.
Switch from Kajabi if you want contact limits close to Kajabi's at a lower price with no cut of sales.
United States · Per month, published from $49; $1.99 or $0.99 per subscriber on Growth and App Essentials, and 5% to 10% on one-time sales
Uscreen is video-first, with a Netflix-style catalogue and live streaming on all plans. Pricing runs $49, $149 and $449 a month, plus $1.99 or $0.99 per subscriber on Growth and App Essentials and 5% to 10% on sales. It suits subscription video libraries, not text-and-worksheet courses.
Switch from Kajabi if your product is a library of video or live streams that members subscribe to.
Kajabi remains the right choice when the platform's breadth is actually used: courses, a community, email sequences, landing pages and funnels, a podcast or coaching programme, all in one login with one support desk. For a business already earning enough to treat $179 to $499 a month as a small cost, the saving from stitching cheaper tools together is often lost in time spent maintaining integrations. If you use email automation and funnels heavily and your list sits within the contact limit of your plan, the price is a fair exchange for fewer moving parts.
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What moving off Kajabi involves
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Check what you can take with you
Content files and customer lists are the easy part. Before cancelling, export your contacts and download your video and course materials, and note which automations and email sequences you have built, since these are rebuilt by hand in any new tool. Price the new platform on your real contact count, not the one you hope for.
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Payments and students move on a schedule
Active subscriptions and payment plans live with your processor, so confirm that the new platform can take over existing Stripe or PayPal customers before cutting over. Keep Kajabi running through the end of a billing cycle so current students keep access while you move them, and tell them the new login address in advance.
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Questions about replacing Kajabi
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Is there a free alternative to Kajabi?
Systeme.io has a free plan (2,000 contacts, 3 funnels, 1 course), LearnyBox has a free plan with one course and 20 learners, and Payhip's Free plan charges no subscription but takes 5% of sales.
Kajabi itself advertises a free trial rather than a free plan, so for a permanent zero-cost start these are the options.
What is the cheapest Kajabi alternative that does the same job?
Systeme.io is the cheapest all-in-one on our list, with paid plans from $17 a month. Kartra is the nearest in marketing depth at $59 a month and up, and Graphy lists plans from $49.
Skool is cheaper still at $9 a month but covers only community and courses, with a 10% fee at that price.
Does Kajabi take a share of my sales?
Kajabi states it takes no revenue share as a platform. It does list payment fees: with Kajabi Payments, 2.9% plus $0.30 on Basic, 2.8% on Growth and 2.7% on Pro, and 2%, 1% or 0.5% if you use a third-party processor.
Alternatives such as Payhip and Skool charge a larger percentage on their low-cost plans instead of a flat fee.
Which alternative is best if my email list is large?
Systeme.io and Teachable do not scale price in the same way: Systeme.io's Unlimited plan has no contact cap, and Teachable prices by products rather than contacts.
Kajabi, Kartra and Graphy all tier by contacts, so compare the contact limit of each plan against your list before switching.
Which Kajabi alternative is best for a community?
Circle and Mighty Networks are the community-led options, both with courses included. Skool is the low-cost choice.
If you want one platform covering funnels and email as well as the community, Kajabi's own community feature (one per plan on Basic and Growth, three on Pro) is the reason to stay put.
Can I keep my own website if I leave Kajabi?
Yes, with LearnDash. It is a WordPress plugin, so courses sit on your own site and you pay a yearly licence from $259 plus your own hosting. The hosted platforms above all include a website builder or storefront with a custom domain.
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Checked 2 October 2026
Kajabi pricing: Basic, Growth and Pro prices (monthly and annual), limits on products, contacts and admin users, Kajabi Payments and third-party fee rates, no platform revenue share, extra contact blocks, Pro-only code editor and webhooks.
Kajabi home page: Product scope (courses, coaching, communities, memberships, podcasts, email, funnels) and free trial.
Podia pricing: Mover, Shaker and Earthquaker prices, 5% fee on Mover, subscriber limits, 14-day trial and no free plan.
Systeme.io pricing: Free plan limits, paid plans at $17, $47 and $97, no transaction fees on Stripe and PayPal.
Teachable pricing: Starter, Builder and Growth prices, product limits, 7.5% fee on Starter only.
Payhip pricing: Free, Plus and Pro plans and fee rates, all features on all plans, London location.
LearnDash pricing (Liquid Web): Annual licence prices, WordPress requirement, unlimited courses and learners, Liquid Web ownership.
LearnyBox pricing: Free plan limits, paid plans at EUR 39, 89 and 149, no transaction fees, contact limits.
LearnyBox home page: French team and French and English versions, scope of the platform.
Kartra pricing: Four plan prices, contact limits, 5% fee on Essentials only.
Circle pricing: Plan prices, transaction fees, courses and unlimited members on all plans.
Mighty Networks pricing: Plan prices, fees, cohort and live courses, branded app only on Mighty Pro.
Skool pricing: Hobby and Pro prices and fees, unlimited members and courses.
Graphy pricing: Launch, Rise and Scale prices, 0% transaction fee, contact limits, AI agents and apps on Rise.
Uscreen pricing: Plan prices, per-subscriber fees, transaction fees, video-first catalogue.
